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Celiac Disease

Celiac Disease. Kevin Uykingtian, Peter Onglao, Theodore Co H1B,C,D. What is Celiac Disease?. A digestive disease that interferes with the absorption of nutrients in the small intestine Cannot tolerate gluten. What is Celiac Disease?.

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Celiac Disease

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  1. Celiac Disease Kevin Uykingtian, Peter Onglao, Theodore Co H1B,C,D

  2. What is Celiac Disease? • A digestive disease that interferes with the absorption of nutrients in the small intestine • Cannot tolerate gluten

  3. What is Celiac Disease? • If a person with celiac disease eats something w/ gluten, the immune system reacts

  4. What is Celiac Disease? • a disease of malabsorption • an abnormal immune reaction to gluten

  5. Symptoms of Celiac Disease • varies from person to person • child: symptoms in the digestive system • abdominal bloating and pain • chronic diarrhea • vomiting • constipation • pale, foul-smelling, or fatty stool • weight loss

  6. Symptoms of Celiac Disease • adult symptoms: (less likely to happen in the digestive system) • unexplained iron-deficiency anemia • fatigue • bone or joint pain • arthritis • bone loss or osteoporosis • depression or anxiety • tingling numbness in the hands and feet • seizures • missed menstrual periods • infertility or recurrent miscarriage • canker sores inside the mouth • an itchy skin rash called dermatitis herpetiformis

  7. Causes for Celiac Disease • genetic • triggered after surgery, pregnancy, childbirth, viral infection, or severe emotional stress

  8. How can Celiac Disease be diagnosed? • difficult because some of its symptoms are similar to those of other diseases like irritable bowel syndrome, iron-deficiency anemia caused by menstrual blood loss, inflammatory bowel disease, diverticulitis, intestinal infections, and chronic fatigue syndrome

  9. How can Celiac Disease be diagnosed? • Blood Tests - People with celiac disease have higher than normal levels of certain autoantibodies (high levels of anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies) • Intestinal Biopsy (the doctor removes tiny pieces of tissue from the small intestine to check for damage to the villi)

  10. Intestinal Biopsy

  11. Treatment for Celiac Disease • gluten-free diet - following this diet will stop symptoms, heal existing intestinal damage, and prevent further damage • not eating foods that contain wheat, rye, and barley (grain, pasta, cereal) • buy gluten-free foods • some common household items also contain gluten and should be avoided unless it is mentioned that this item does not have gluten (lipstick, play dough)

  12. Cure for Celiac Disease • No known cure

  13. Sources: • http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/celiac/

  14. Thank You for listening!!! 

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